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The cars were also fitted with the same gearboxes the Can-Am Porsche 917s had used to handle the great engine power. The extra engine power meant higher running temperatures and for the first time, Porsche had water-cooling, combined with its regular air-cooling. Wound up to 1.7bar, it was a bit slower at top speed 345 kp/h (215 mph) but overall, with new aerodynamics, much faster around a complete lap. The 2140cc engine with twin KKK ( Kühnle, Kopp & Kausch) turbos had been enhanced with quads-cams and at 1.4bar of turbo boost now put out 580 bhp. Note: The first number is the number of arrivals, the second the number who started.ĭefending winners, the Martini-Porsche works team, brought back the 936 for its only race of the season.Once again, the only manufacturer works teams were from Porsche and Renault, bolstered by entries from small-scale racing specialists Mirage, Osella and WM. The ACO received only 70 applications, the smallest number in a decade with 60 chosen for qualification with a further 7 kept on reserve. Finally, the Daytona-Le Mans Trophy was repeated.

Rfactor 2 daytona road course series#

Not sanctioned by the FIA, it was a series that linked American races at Daytona, Sebring and Talladega with Le Mans and the Nürburgring. IMSA also inaugurated the World Challenge for Endurance Drivers. The IMSA regulations allowed a lower minimum weight and wider rear wheels than Group 5. This, in turn, meant the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) could merge the IMSA and GTX into a single class. This year, the IMSA GT Championship added the Le Mans GTX class to the incumbent GTO and GTU classes. No changes were made to the race regulations. With the predictable demise of the FIA Championship for Group 6 ( World Championship for Sports Cars), Le Mans was left as the only significant race that combined Group 6 and Group 5 racecars.

Rfactor 2 daytona road course driver#

The race also saw several high-speed crashes on the Mulsanne straight, but fortunately only one driver was seriously injured. Porsche were second and third, the remaining Renault fourth with the Porsche 935s of customer teams in the next four places. Although the second-placed Porsche pulled back two laps, this time Renault would not be denied, and Pironi took the flag for a popular local victory with a record race-distance. The sister car of Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Didier Pironi inherited the lead, with a 7-lap margin over the Porsches. When the lead Renault stopped on the circuit with a jammed gearbox, there was a sense of déjà vu for the French team. But a loss of fifth gear cost them half an hour to repair it. Once again he set about driving back through the field during the night, getting up to second by midnight behind the Jabouille/ Depailler car. Like the year before, after the Ickx / Pescarolo car had early problems, Ickx was transferred to the second Porsche of Barth/ Wollek. Renault soon established a solid hold of the top three positions. This time it was the Porsche team that had reliability issues – on only the second lap of the race two of their cars were in the pits. The race was not valid (did not count points) for any championship. In many ways it was a continuation of the race from the year before – the two main protagonists would be the very evenly-matched works teams of Alpine-Renault and Porsche, with four cars each. Given this was only a 20-minute race, it all happened very quickly, however, that didn’t detract from the experience in the slightest.The 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 46th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1978. Nothing, and I mean nothing, beats Project CARS 2 when it comes to the day-night transition. However, that is all about to be ramped up tenfold. In the sim, in VR, even sitting on the grid feels incredibly atmospheric.

It truly is one of the great motorsport events. Derek Bell, Juan Pablo Montoya, Porsche and Ferrari have all tasted success at Daytona.

Rfactor 2 daytona road course drivers#

First held back in 1966, the 24 has been won by some of the greatest cars, drivers and teams in the motorsport world. Daytona is one of the most historic racing venues in the world. It’s fair to say that the Daytona road course isn’t the most inspiring layout in the world, but that would be missing the point. Out of those, I landed on the 1990 Daytona winning Jaguar XJR-9 – complete with the beautiful Castrol Jaguar Racing livery. Not only does Project CARS 2 have Daytona, but it also contains some of the most incredible Group C cars that ever raced.

Given Daytona is coming up very soon, I wanted to do something to get in the mood for it.